‘ The perfect stocking-filler for thoughtful children… Beautiful’ The Times, Children’s Book of the Week
‘Lyrical, magical, tender and true, and deeply mysterious’ Michael Morpurgo, BookTrust Best Children’s Books of the Year
‘A tale of life, death, love and beauty that by the storyteller’s art makes those things true, fresh, real and important. I hope this unforgettable story finds all the readers it deserves’ Phillip Pullman
Sakumat, a Turkish painter, is called to embellish the white walls among which a child lives, segregated due to a strange food. The figures that will be born and live on the walls will not be ornaments, but will have the power to come to life. The Stralisco is the story of a delicate and absolute friendship: if you prefer, a fairy tale about the power of love.